Word: complexity
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Ford proposed a complex plan to retire nearly 40% of its long-term obligations. The company wants to restructure its debt through a combination of a conversion offer by Ford and cash tender offers by Ford Credit. The car company will attempt to get holders of $4.88 billion in convertible notes due in 2036 to move their holdings into the common stock of the company. The debt carries an interest rate of 4.25%. At the same time, Ford Credit will begin a $1.3 billion cash tender offer to purchase certain series of Ford's outstanding unsecured, nonconvertible debt...
...coding. Coding boils down to assigning specific numbers to every problem (diagnosis codes) and other numbers to every treatment (treatment codes). Though the lists, in my field of orthopedics anyway, are woefully inadequate to capture how we actually think about or treat patients, they are still ponderous and complex. From common cold to brain tumor, open heart surgery to handing over an Ace bandage, there is a code that every doctor, hospital, therapist and supplier must use if they want insurance to pay them. (Read "Medical Records Go Digital...
...almost pathological need to feel different” and to prove that he was anything but ordinary. Kjaerstad’s main character is truly the strength of the novel. Jonas’ consciousness and his growth into an adult, framed by an enormous Napoleon complex, never cease to fascinate. It’s even more intriguing to read about a man that destroyed or abandoned anyone he ever loved (e.g. his best friends, his wife, his brother) because of his fear that these people would leave him. This fear would render confirmation of itself. Kjaerstad deftly creates anecdotes...
...some of my peers getting pumped for Purim, others giving up chicken for Lent, and others conscientiously forswearing any form of belief, I cannot help wishing that Harvard provided us the opportunity to engage with the complex fabric of religious belief both inside and outside the classroom. Harvard is a wondrously tolerant climate for debate and exchange among a wide variety of thoughts, backgrounds, and beliefs, but the voice of religion on campus is largely inaudible. In fact, if there were no food involved, it might be completely silent. Nearly everything faith-related that I have done at Harvard...
...less appealing. “Prison Girls” is an ominous song with a Latin-rhythmic feel that is a change from the liveliness of the other tracks. Case has a chance to sing in a darker, more minor tone, and the instrumentation lends itself to a more complex mix of sounds and riffs, but the song as a whole drags on and does not seem suitable for the delicacy of Case’s voice. On “I’m an Animal,” Case declares: “My courage is roaring like...